Billions of stellar-mass black holes in the local galaxies group are not yet discovered. Even though black holes are gigantic, many of them are almost impossible to find. The problem is the fact that they do not emit light. However, some clues help scientists detect them, such as looking for X-rays created by an accretion disk, but most do not have an accretion disc. This article’s research aimed to find the sleeping black hole and prove its realness. The group of specialists known for refutation claims about black holes found this gigantic one that is nine times larger than the sun in terms of mass. They found this sleeping black hole by studying about a thousand stars in the Tarantula Nebula, knowing that one of them could be in a black hole binary. However, the group of scientists had doubts about this discovery.
As a result, they found that the remnants of the supernova could not be found. This black hole did not pair with the supernova’s leftover debris. Even though it is believed that when a massive star reaches the end of its life, its core is destroyed, and the star’s outer layers are ejected in a supernova explosion. This star is so massive that its core immediately collapses into a black hole, preventing the supernova from exploding. To conclude, “this has huge implications for the origin of black hole mergers in space” (Buongiorno 9). This elusive prey within the territory of the Tarantula Nebula is vital for future discoveries in this field and provided one of the main implications for the origin of black hole mergers in space.
Works Cited
Buongiorno, Caitlyn. “Black Hole Debunkers Discover a Sleeping Giant.” Astronomy, 2022, p. 9.